Born September 4, 1962, in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada; married Janice Beitel, April, 2001; children: Paige. Memberships: Science Fiction Writers of America, SF Canada (founding member; vice president, 1994-95; president, 1996- 97). Addresses: Agent: Donald Maass, Donald Maass Literary Agency, 160 W. 95th St., Ste. 1B, New York, NY 10025. E-mail: karlds@rogers.com; karl@kschroeder.com.

• A Mourning Place (play), produced in North York, Canada, 1993.
• (With Cory Doctorow) The Complete Idiot's Guide to Publishing Science Fiction, Alpha Books (New York, NY), 2000.

• (With David Nickle) The Claus Effect, Tesseracts (Calgary, Canada), 1997.
• Ventus, Tor (New York, NY), 2000.
• Permanence, Tor (New York, NY), 2002.
• Lady of Mazes, Tor (New York, NY), 2005.
• Sun of Suns, Tor (New York, NY), 2006.
• The Engine of Recall, Red Deer Press (Calgary, Canada), 2006.
• Queen of Candesce, Tor (New York, NY), 2007.
• Pirate Sun, Tor (New York, NY), 2008.
• The Sunless Countries, Tor (New York, NY), 2009.
• (With others) Metatropolis, Subterranean (Burton, MI), 2009.
• Virga: Cities of the Air, Tor (New York, NY), 2010.

Work represented in multiple "Tesseracts" anthologies. Contributor to periodicals, including Figment, On Spec, and Cosmic Visions.